St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-20
A Republican Cabal Roasts Haskell
and Decides to Stand by
Rlethen.
An Interesting Gathering of the Wheel
horses to Discuss the Infamous
Editorial.
Haskell, Pere, to be Requested to Sell
the Control of His Sons
Paper.
Blethen is Held Blameless and the
0dium is Piled Heavily on
Haskell's Head. &

Dr0SllO is an interesting one. anu Will
Hon. E. B. Haskell, of Boston, the
owner of the paper, arrives here to-day,
he will face state of affairs en-
tirely different from anything he may
expect. The friends of A j. Blethen,
now entirely acquit him of the Obnox-
ious editorial or the responsibility, as
will appear, and they lay
the blame on the not very
stott shoulders of young Haskell;
though, as one of the aforesaid friends
remarked: "The only thing 1 blame
Mr.. Blethen :fOr is not having taken
revolver and compelled Haskell to in
sert the retraction on Saturday night"
Blethen's friends have now taken affairs
in charge, and when the senior Haskell
arrives to-day he will force the choice
of selling out or losing the sup
port of the front and bulwark
of Minneapolis Republicanism. The
men who are such front and bulwark,
or who so consider themselves, have
not only eSpOuSed the Blethen side of
the difficulty, thus repudiating and de-
nOuncing the editorial, but have de-
cided the Tribune must be Mime
apolis paper in fact as well as name,
and that young Haskell has not the
width of forehead necessary to the con-
duct of such paper; consequently they
will present to Haskell pere a prOpO-
sition to buy the stock and put Blethen
in charge.
THIS CAME ABOUT
through a meeting held in Mr.. Blethen's
private office Tuesday night. All of the
wheelhorses of local Republieanism
were present, including Loren Fletcher,
Charles M. Loring, George A. Bracket.
Charles A. PillSbury, Curtis II. Petit
and others. Mr.. Blethen related the
history of the editorial of infamous
memory. He said he was not
present when it was written and had no
knowledge of it whatever until he read
it in the paper next morning. Mr.. Has
kell was the responsible editor of the
paper and the representative of E. B.
Haskell, of Boston, the owner; that on
Saturday night an editorial retraction
was prepared. but Haskell would not
details Of the scene between Blethen
and Haskell are spared, but it is
said the young Bostonian numbered
himself and descended to his marrow
bones to compass the suppression of the
editorial which would shoulder the
blame upon him and relegate to social
Siberia OF exile. Mr.. Blethen did not do
all the talking. The wheelhorses chlmed
in and backed him up resolutely. They
said Mr.. Blethen had always been the
staunch advocate of the party they owed
fealty to, and had hurled the papers
influence in its cause when it had been
money out Of his pocket for to do SO;
that he might have steered a middle
course and pandered to both sides, but
instead, had always consistently damned
the Democrats and intimated that while
all Democrats were not horsethieves.
all hOrSethieves were Democrats.
Therefore the grand old party
was the better for Blethenis
advocacy, and some went so far in the
enthusiasm of the moment to say he had
saved the state ticket last fall by the
liberal use of mud. Then they turned
on the city's interests. and again the
praise of Blethen went up. He was the
friend of Minneapolis and had built up
the city by attacking Kansas City and
st. Paul, Then they turned to
THE OTHER PAPERS
and commented very freely upon them.
First of all, George Shaw, they said, had
no business to come in here and start
the Star to cut into the duplicates.
Such course was not conducive to the
best interests of the grand old party,
and if Shaw had had the good of the
party at heart he would never have
done 1t. Some one suggested that Mi.
Shaw did not have to ask their opinions
or their permission in the matter, but
that did not count. The Pioneer Press
was scored right and left. 1t was the
arch enemy of Minneapolis, and was a
wolf in sleeps clothing. 1t never
voiced the sentiment of. Minneapolis,
and the town would be better off
without its 500 of circulation. And
above all, it has roasted Mr.. Blethen,
who was innocent of the infamous ed
itorial and had espoused the cause of
the guilty Mr.. Haskell. Yes, there was
no question of 1.-THE Pioneer Press
must go. Then came the GLOBE. Well.
it was Democratic and thus was no good
On general principles. 1t played the
mischief with Republican schemes,
published all the news and had way,
somehow or other, of getting hold of ali
of their meetings and plans, but it was
a Democratic paper and beyond their
Jurisdiction. Then came the
PROPOSED SCHEME
which was to stand by Blethen through
thick and thin. When the senior Has
kell arrives ne Will be Informed that
Boston is great city, but is no place
for the ownership of a Minneapolis
paper. They will propose to buy the
stock, or controlling interest in the
stock, and have a Minneapolis paper
owned in Minneapolis and by Minneap-
oils. This was the grand result of the
meeting. ltcame early to the ears of a
GLOBE reporter and was verified yester-
day by interviews with gentlemen who
participated. Haskell pere is en- route
to Minneapolis to regulate affairs in
the Tribune Office, and he is expected
to-day, when the prologue will be
spoken. Comedy or tragedy may rule
the play. as may be developed.
Haskell ShouIderS IT